Christopher Martin MW
DWWA judge, Christopher Martin MW
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Christopher Martin MW is a judge at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).

Christopher Martin MW

Christopher Martin MW has recently become the director of education at the Wine Scholar Guild and was previously head of educator training at the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET). He has over 17 years of teaching experience and has taught wine and spirit WSET courses all over the world.

Chris achieved the MW qualification in February 2024 and is one of the first MWs of the 2024 vintage of Masters of Wine.

He judges at wine competitions in Korea, Japan and the UK. He joined the Decanter World Wine Awards as a judge for the first time in 2022.

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Shivani Tomar
Shivani Tomar
Awards Manager

Born and raised in India, Shivani is the awards manager at Decanter, managing the 300-strong cohort of worldwide judges for the world's largest wine competition, the Decanter World Wine Awards, ensuring a seamless judging process and driving the competitive integrity of the awards. After earning a master’s in wine management from the Burgundy School of Business, she moved to London in 2016 and completed her WSET diploma. While Burgundy holds a special place in her heart, Champagne is her go-to bottle. Alongside her full-time role, she has been dipping her toes into wine writing, relishing the opportunity to bring wine stories to the surface.